California vs Texas: Fight!

[Onkel Neal]

America's future: An intriguing, much more equal rivalry out West.

AMERICA’S recent history has been a relentless tilt to the West—of people, ideas, commerce and even political power. California and Texas, the nation’s two biggest states, are the twin poles of the West, but very different ones. For most of the 20th century the home of Silicon Valley and Hollywood has been the brainier, sexier, trendier of the two: its suburbs and freeways, its fads and foibles, its marvellous miscegenation have spread around the world. Texas, once a part of the Confederacy, has trailed behind: its cliché has been a conservative Christian in cowboy boots, much like a certain recent president. But twins can change places. Is that happening now?

Controversy?

Now immigration is likely to reconvert Texas from Republican red to Democratic blue; Latinos may justly demand a bigger, more “Californian” state to educate them and provide them with decent health care.

Enjoy it while it lasts, boys.

California and Texas, the nation’s two biggest states

I must have missed the class when they taught that. I thought it was Alaska and Texas. California is #3, no?

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by CastleBravo

California and Texas, the nation’s two biggest states

I must have missed the class when they taught that. I thought it was Alaska and Texas. California is #3, no?

I'm going to take the obvious route here and assume they were referring to population.

[Oberon]

Fighting Texas has never generally been the quickest way to success in any particular manner.

[FIREWALL]

And you get your own Texas version of B. Boxer, D. Feinstein, G. Aldrich and Pelosi.

Go Texas Go.

edit: And all the Gay Rights that go with them.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

edit: And all the Gay Rights that go with them.

What's wrong with treating human beings equally?

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

What's wrong with treating human beings equally?

I don't disagree, but until I see you libs display a little of the outrage you have for the treatment of the homosexual community towards the treatment of, say, woman in Islamic countries, its hard to take you seriously.

Besides - gays have equal rights. What they want are special rights. I won't bother with them until they admit it.

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

What's wrong with treating human beings equally?

Or that thing called 'affimative action' which gives people advantages based on race. Doesn't sound equal to me.

Originally Posted by CastleBravo

Or that thing called 'affimative action' which gives people advantages based on race. Doesn't sound equal to me.

Because "whites" ever since this country was created, didn't have any advantage over American Indians ,Hawaiians and Eskimos..(you know people who are actually NATIVE TO THIS LAND CALLED AMERICA) correct? And lets not forget the Blacks who's forefathers were dragged to this country.Or the Hispanics were work in the fields and build your homes for the minimum of wages yet at one point owned much of what is now the Western United States!

All in the name of Manifest Destiny correct?

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

What's wrong with treating human beings equally?

To continue this line of discussion will only lead to this thread being LOCKED.

[SteamWake]

Now immigration is likely to reconvert Texas from Republican red to Democratic blue; Latinos may justly demand a bigger, more “Californian” state to educate them and provide them with decent health care.

Regardless of legal citizenship status

Yes it is clearly stated at least in the current draft of the Healthcare bill that illegal ailens would be covered. Ms. Pelosi insisted on it.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Regardless of legal citizenship status

Yes it is clearly stated at least in the current draft of the Healthcare bill that illegal ailens would be covered. Ms. Pelosi insisted on it.

[citation needed]

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Now immigration is likely to reconvert Texas from Republican red to Democratic blue; Latinos may justly demand a bigger, more “Californian” state to educate them and provide them with decent health care.

It will be interesting to see how that plays out. The border counties are already blue, but the holdouts especially amongst the rural counties will cause friction.



I suppose if immigrants spread north it will have an effect, but if they remain concentrated along the border, it will be a purple Texas.

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

America's future: An intriguing, much more equal rivalry out West.





Controversy?



Enjoy it while it lasts, boys.

Obviously that pic is Pro-Texas.

I guess Texas is cool ..considering that they swim an ocean that's more like a pond and surrounded almost entirely by land.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Obviously that pic is Pro-Texas.

I guess Texas is cool ..considering that they swim an ocean that's more like a pond and surrounded almost entirely by land.

It's not very pretty, either. But it's all we got